USN-3231-1: Pidgin vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3231-1

14th March, 2017

pidgin vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS



• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Pidgin could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially
crafted network traffic.

Software description

• pidgin
  - graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client for X
  
  

Details

Joseph Bisch discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain xml
messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions: